Damnation (2017)

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Season 1
  • Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 7, 2017
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
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  1. grndzro
    Nov 22, 2017
    10
    The first episode has me hooked. It's a great contrast to all the crap shows out there pushing crap designed to brainwash us. I love old things and simply watching makes me appreciate all the antiques I have built up over the years.
  2. Havvkeye
    Jan 19, 2018
    9
    Not a pretty era nor location: The depression in western Iowa. Its easier to turn it off than to watch it but if you leave the remote where its sitting you'll be treated to a superlative dramatic presentation whose plot is as intricate as any and whose message rings true today. Pairing Logan Marshall Green with Killian Scott as two opposing brothers seeking absolution for past sins isNot a pretty era nor location: The depression in western Iowa. Its easier to turn it off than to watch it but if you leave the remote where its sitting you'll be treated to a superlative dramatic presentation whose plot is as intricate as any and whose message rings true today. Pairing Logan Marshall Green with Killian Scott as two opposing brothers seeking absolution for past sins is not only effective but stimulating. They have chemistry. Damnation definitely deserves a second (and third) season.… Expand
  3. Dzimas
    Feb 5, 2018
    7
    Bemused by the negative reviews. The labor movement serves more as a backdrop for this grim 1930s Western. It is primarily a revenge story, and taken on that level works pretty well. There is enough social consciousness here to make you feel the main characters stand for something, in the same spirit as Suits. It gets a little bit too complicated for its own good but the characters areBemused by the negative reviews. The labor movement serves more as a backdrop for this grim 1930s Western. It is primarily a revenge story, and taken on that level works pretty well. There is enough social consciousness here to make you feel the main characters stand for something, in the same spirit as Suits. It gets a little bit too complicated for its own good but the characters are compelling and so far (5 episodes) has been fun to watch.… Expand
  4. LeanneMuckian
    Feb 4, 2018
    10
    Brilliance!!! Please make a second season!!!!! So addictive and the characters are excellent.
  5. Nevsnan
    Feb 6, 2018
    10
    Damnation deserves a 2nd season, at least. I will be recommending this program to family and friends as a must watch. Well acted, good storylines, great camera work. I think the critics need to lighten up, or is the storyline too close for comfort.
  6. DovahK
    Jul 2, 2018
    9
    He descubierto una joya. Un cura revolucionario ayudando a granjeros a luchar contra el banco
    local y una subtrama muy fuerte, ambientada en los años 30's en EEUU. Política,
    venganzay tiros, pocas cosas más se le pueden pedir.

Awards & Rankings

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#88 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Nov 7, 2017
    58
    Damnation spends so much of its early going caught in a spiral of misdirection that once the emphasis on bloodshed, doom, and duplicity wanes, a series with sharper insights might emerge. But in its current form, it’s a punishing watch, one with not much more to offer than an animalistic view of human nature.
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  2. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Nov 7, 2017
    50
    A lot of Damnation feels an awful lot like homework or worse: homework you’re forced to do on the sly while sitting in church listening to a sermon.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Nov 7, 2017
    50
    Damnation is indisputably a good-looking show, and I think it has some things on its mind, though I wish the script had allowed the show to go more aggressively into the Man vs. Bank gear executive producer David Mackenzie brought to Hell or High Water. It's hampered by being a series that keeps its attentions most frequently honed on the aspect that engages me the least.
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